National Defense University

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The National Defense University ( NDU ; German National Defense University ) is the center for military training ( Joint Professional Military Education , JPME) of the United States in Washington, DC

The main NDU campus is located at Fort Lesley J. McNair , where the Anacostia River meets the Potomac River . Every year 1,000 students are trained and 550 MA degrees are awarded. Most students are between 40 and 45 years old and have around 20 years of military experience. In addition to some government employees, NDU admits eight people from industry every year. The annual budget in 2003 was 108 million US dollars. The current president of the NDU is United States Navy Vice Adm . Ann E. Rondeau .

Education

• Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia
• Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), Adm. Richard Jascot
• Joint Forces Staff College, Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth J. Quinlan
• Information Resources Management College (IRMC)
• National War College
• School for National Security Executive Education

research

• Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Center for Technology and National Security Policy
• Institute for National Strategic Studies
  • Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs
  • National Strategic Gaming Center
  • Interagency Transformation, Education and Analysis (ITEA) Program
  • Secretary of Defense Strategic Policy Forum (SPF) for Members of Congress and Senior Executive Branch officials

International graduates

• Carl-Hubertus von Butler , German general
• Wolf-Dieter Löser , German general
• Lojas Fodor , Hungarian general and armed forces commander , 1996
• Mohammed Mahfoudh Al-Ardi , Commander of the Oman Air Force , 1992
• Dato 'Seri Ismail bin Hassan , Army Commander of Malaysia , 1997
• Carlos Maria Zabala , Chief of the Argentine Armed Forces , 1987
• Czeslaw Piatas , Chief of Staff of Poland , 1999
• Edward Pietrzyk , Chief of the Polish Land Forces , 1998
• Ryszard Olszewski , Polish Air Force Chief, 2001
• Franciszek Gągor , Chief of Staff of Poland, 2002
• Christopher Barrie , Chief of the Australian Armed Forces , 1987
• Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle , Chief of the Colombian Army , 1994
• Svein Ivar Hansen , Norway's Chief Defense Officer , 1997
• Daniel Opande , UN Commander Ivory Coast , 1987
• Gheorghe Catrina , Chief of the Romanian Air Force , 2001
• Michael Atherly , Guyana Chief Defense Officer
• Lamin Cisse, UN Representative in the Central African Republic , 1993
• Pavel Štefka , Chief of Staff of the Czech Republic , 1999
• Wilson Boinett, Chief of Kenyan Intelligence, 1991
• Olli-Matti Multamäki, Chief of the Finnish Army , 1994
• Martin Agwai , Nigerian Army Chief , 2000
• Roberto Efrain Rodriguez Giron, Commander of the Guatemalan Air Force

Web links

Commons : National Defense University  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• National Defense University website

Coordinates: 38 ° 51 ′ 57.4 "  N , 77 ° 0 ′ 52.3"  W.